Homegoing Vocab

Question 1

Impassioned

Answer 1

PART OF SPEECH: adjective
DEFINITION: filled with passion or zeal; great energy or enthusiasm

Question 2

Premonition

Answer 2

PART OF SPEECH: noun
DEFINITION: previous warning or notice; foreshadowing or forewarning; anticipation of a future event

Question 3

Dissolution

Answer 3

PART OF SPEECH: noun
DEFINITION: termination or destruction by breaking down, disrupting, or dispersing

Question 4

Imperceptibly

Answer 4

PART OF SPEECH: adverb
DEFINITION: not noticeable by a sense or by the mind; subtle, gradual, undetectable

Question 5

Contrite

Answer 5

PART OF SPEECH: adjective
DEFINITION: feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for poor behavior/actions

Question 6

Jeer

Answer 6

PART OF SPEECH: verb
DEFINITION: to speak with mocking and insulting remarks; to taunt

Question 7

Discordant

Answer 7

PART OF SPEECH: adjective
DEFINITION: disagreeing, quarrelsome; being at odds

Question 8

Raucously (ro-kes-ly)

Answer 8

PART OF SPEECH: adverb
DEFINITION: disagreeably harsh; rough or harsh in sound; loud, disordered

Question 9

Billowed

Answer 9

PART OF SPEECH: verb
DEFINITION: to rise or roll in waves or surges; to swell out due to wind; move or flow outward

Question 10

Gingerly

Answer 10

PART OF SPEECH: adverb
DEFINITION: cautiously and carefully moving; using extreme care in one’s actions

Question 11

Folly

Answer 11

PART OF SPEECH: noun
DEFINITION: a foolish act or idea; lack of good sense

Question 12

Stupor

Answer 12

PART OF SPEECH: noun
DEFINITION: a condition of greatly dulled, or completely suspended, sense or ability; a daze